HCFA Models Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee On FDA Device Panels
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The Health Care Financing Administration has looked to FDA's Medical Device Advisory Committee as a model for the nascent panel that will advise the agency on the coverage of medical technologies under the Medicare program.
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